Good reasons to love your sprouts this christmas

Growing Brussels sprouts is really rewarding – these slow-growing brassicas are a staple of winter cuisine and thrive in cool, temperatures. Although they require a long growing season and consistent

Growing the Good Life is especially rewarding as we start to prepare for winter celebrations. Not only can we harvest food for the feast, but also berries, seedheads and foliage for festive decoration

Parsnips roots will have reached full size by now, so you can begin harvesting them whenever needed. To get them out in one piece, loosen the soil around the roots with a garden fork beforehand, and i

Christmas starts late for us here at Longmeadow, around about the 20th of December, as two of my children have birthdays in December, and when they were little it seemed only right they enjoyed their

A Victorian favourite, both the leaves and flowerheads ...

New varietal development is transforming the future prospects for a niche vegetable with a major fibre kick, says Michael Barker